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goes farther dowu on the breast, especially on the sides of the latter, 

 but, as above, the make of the skin may be the reason of it. 



A female, collected by Jouy at Fuji, Jnne 30, 1882, consequently in 

 the height of the breeding season, is in an extremely worn plumage. 

 The brownish buff tinge on the uiuler side is considerably faded, but the 

 relative extent of black and white is the same in this specimen as in 

 the above ones, the white nape patch being very broadly limited be 

 hind by black, and the latter color extending far down on the sides 

 of the breast — about lO™'" farther than in the middle. 



A female from Sapporo, Yesso, in the autumnal dress corresponding to 

 that of the two specimens first mentioned, agrees very well with them, 

 but the l)lack on the breast apparently does not extend so far as in the 

 Hondo specimens. On the hind neck the white patch is closed behind 

 by black. 



Whether this character is of any value can only be determined by a 

 larger series of birds from both Euroi)e and Japan than at present at 

 my command. I may point to the fact, however, that a similar difference 

 is said to obtain between Partis cinereus from Java and its representative 

 form on the continent. 



In regard to the measurements as given in the appended table, I may 

 remark that they agree very well with those of P. hritmmicus, being 

 considerably inferior to those of Central European specimens before 

 me. But also in this respect the series must be considered insufBcient. 



Measurements. 



Subgenus POECILE Kaup. 



(216 wfl?'/.) Panis borealis Selvs. 

 Boreal Marsh-tit. Ko-gara. 



1829. — ? Parus c\nereu>< moiiianufi Baldenstein, Neue Alpiua, ii (p. 21). 



1843. — Parus horealis Selys-Loxgchamps, Bull. Ac. Bruxelles, 1843 (p. 2;. 



1882. — Parus jja7«s/>vs japoiiicus, Blakist. & Pryer, Tr. As. Soc. Jap., x, 1882, p. 150 



(part).— Blakist., Cbrysauth.. 188S, Feb., p. — .— Jouy, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



VI, 1883, p. 286, 

 1880.— ParHS pahtslris Blakist. & Pryer, Tr. As. Soc. Jap., viii, 1880, p. 217 (part) 



(nee LiN.). 

 1883.—? Patus japonicus Seebohm, Brit. B. Eggs, i, p. 477 (wee 1879 f) (nee Steph., 1817). 

 The Marsli-tits of Europe have been for nearly half a century the 

 subject of much controversy, and the ornithologists there seem not to 



